PLA bets on educated draftees

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1 August in China starts the draft campaign, which will continue until the end of September. In accordance with the permission of the State Committee of the People's Republic of China and the Central Military Council of the CPC, this year military recruitment will not be held in the winter, as before, but in the summer. The relevant authorities of the People’s Liberation Army of China (PLA) are already preparing for the conscription. At the same time, the PLA command was forced to change the requirements for draftees. The views on the appearance of the armed forces have changed dramatically in recent years, which is why the army needs new recruits with a good education.

PLA bets on educated draftees


The PLA constantly receives new weapons and military equipment, the operation of which requires special skills and abilities. In this regard, the Chinese military department notes that urban young people with secondary education or even a bachelor’s degree should go into the army. It is they who in the future should become the core of the armed forces mastering new sophisticated equipment. This year, military registration and enlistment offices of cities of central subordination (Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai and Chongqing) will begin a kind of experiment: in these four cities only conscripts with a secondary education certificate or a higher education diploma will be able to join the army. Young people who do not have such documents will remain “civilian”.

It should be noted that the new policy regarding the selection of recruits has not only positive aspects. Not all school graduates and recent students have good health and good physical fitness. The PLA command was forced to adjust the requirements for draftees so that the army would not be left without recruits with a good education. Some of the pre-existing restrictions are relaxed, others are lifted. All these measures are expected to help fill the ranks of the armed forces with recruits with certificates and diplomas.

Earlier, recruiting guys less than 162 in height did not accept PLA ranks. Now this restriction is reduced to 160, see. For girls, the height of growth is lowered from 160 to 158, see Significantly expanded allowable weights for the recruit. Also, medical commissions will now be less strict regarding the sight of draftees. First time in stories Under certain reservations, the People’s Liberation Army of China is allowed to call individuals with diagnoses of “schizophrenia,” “depression,” or “dissociative disorder.” In addition, in the army for the first time there will be fighters with tattoos. Previously, such “unmasking signs” did not allow a conscript to join the army. Now the draftee can become a soldier if the tattoo on the open part of the body is no larger than 2 cm in diameter. For tattoos covered with clothes, the maximum size is limited to 10. Despite the softening of requirements, the PLA command still considers tattoos to be a thing that spoils the look of a soldier and the army as a whole.

So far, the command of the Chinese army has changed only the requirements for recruits. Other aspects of the service are still the same. Former schoolchildren and students who will be able to join the army this year will have to serve for two years. Some of them, as always happens, will remain on long service. If this year’s experiment in the cities of central subordination is successful, then this practice will be extended to other regions of China. At the same time, military registration and enlistment offices are unlikely to lack recruits - in China military service is prestigious, which is why many young people tend to become recruits.

There is reason to believe that in the future the requirements for draftees may be changed again. According to the PLA newspaper, Zefan Junbao, over the past two decades, the average height of soldiers increased by 2 cm, and the average waist circumference - 5. If this trend continues, the military will have to change the requirements for recruits regarding height and weight again. In addition, the designers of military equipment will have to design new combat vehicles, taking into account the fact that the soldiers have grown and are in need of large volumes.

Chinese President Xi Jinping in his statements repeatedly stressed the importance of improving the living conditions and service of the fighters of the People’s Liberation Army of China. Implementing the instructions of the country's leadership, the army command in the future intends to increase spending on the cultural life of military personnel. It is proposed to approximately double the corresponding article of the military budget. Additional funds will be purchased speakers, video equipment, musical instruments, etc. Such a “satisfaction of the spiritual and cultural needs of the soldiers” is expected to “enhance the cohesion and morale of the army.”

Changing requirements for recruits and improving the conditions of service due to additional investments in the soldiers' leisure time should have a beneficial effect on the state of the army. However, there are grounds for some concerns. Probably, the political directors of the Chinese army will soon have more work to do. In the new call, the number of former students should increase, and they are known to be prone to “free-thinking”. Apparently, the PLA command has already assessed all the risks and is ready to put up with them in order to upgrade the armed forces and master new sophisticated equipment.

The first conscription company, conducted in accordance with the updated requirements for recruits, starts on August 1. Assess the effect of the proposals used by the military no earlier than next year. In the meantime, China’s military registration and enlistment offices are preparing to receive conscripts and send future soldiers to the unit.


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  1. +2
    2 July 2014 08: 26
    Hidden mobilization?
    1. +3
      2 July 2014 08: 37
      Quote: Sergey TT
      Hidden mobilization?

      The usual logic of the United States and you are not in vain under the flag of America. The level of truth, not reason.
      Russian planes flying along the Baltic countries -Russian preparing for war?
      1. 0
        2 July 2014 23: 11
        The flag of America, as you have expressed it, is my mistake in the settings. I am from Belarus.
  2. +8
    2 July 2014 08: 38
    the army that is gaining the army on a competitive basis is already far ahead of the army in which they drive all who hit
    1. SSR
      0
      2 July 2014 22: 42
      Quote: ramin_serg
      the army that is gaining the army on a competitive basis is already far ahead of the army in which they drive all who hit

      And you must admit that this is "annoying", we still take anyhow to dial and everyone is waiting for when they will introduce draconian measures for - 1. Did you study badly, poor physical training? Unfit! And automatically minus benefits to universities and public service, (those who have small health problems or acquired, should not fall under "sanctions") service in the Army should be an honorable prerogative of the most worthy and honorable, but + should be. Capitalism / individualism brought their own ..... Ugh.
      The days of "meat" are over.
    2. mazhnikof.Niko
      0
      3 July 2014 08: 43
      Quote: ramin_serg
      the army that is gaining the army on a competitive basis is already far ahead of the army in which they drive all who hit


      I’ll clarify a little ^ they DO NOT PUSH, but they catch, which means that they will not catch anyone, but who will be caught. In Israel, they don’t catch it either - they themselves come! Why, this is what the RF Ministry of Defense has to find out.
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  3. 0
    2 July 2014 09: 28
    Nobody needs armies recruited from uneducated underfed (unless this is a valiant Ukrainian army). The selection should be mandatory on the basis of mental, physical and mental data.
    1. 0
      2 July 2014 10: 04
      Just in this case, the recruits once, twice and miscalculated.
      Recently there was news that by all criteria the United States satisfies only 1% of youth.
      I don’t think we have better.
      With such criteria, the army will be the size of the Ukrainian.
    2. Volkhov
      +2
      3 July 2014 01: 27
      Quote: inkass_98
      by mental, and by physical, and by mental data

      Smart, fast and decisive citizens successfully avoid the army of the Russian Federation, and especially the fleet.
      And their opposites successfully make an army career and surprise the whole world with their achievements. (C) The virtual fleet.
    3. s1н7т
      0
      3 July 2014 08: 00
      Quote: inkass_98
      The selection should be mandatory on the basis of mental, physical and mental data.

      At other times in the Union it was. Anyway, when I was called. It even depended on the bite - whether you get into the troops or the construction battalion. And the level of intelligence was evaluated, and psych.reactions. soldier
  4. 0
    2 July 2014 15: 11
    When will it be like this with us?
    1. Steel loli
      +1
      2 July 2014 18: 53
      Quote: samoletil18
      When will it be like this with us?

      When people begin to believe that they are not protecting the property of the oligarchs or corporate interests in the army, but that they are dear and what they are proud of, then the people will be drawn to the army.
      But so far, our country has no other national idea other than the construction of gas pipelines and the privatization of property. There is no phenomenon in our country as national patriotism. There is no order in the army, no modern technology, no training, no resources, no discipline.
      And all that the military budget is enough for is a new form for a third of the active units, several empty short-range ships without electronics and guns, a dozen planes a year and a couple of ostentatious exercises in the region. Moreover, on television, no one is imbued with pride in our army, because it is through them that we see how everything is neglected in the army outside the Moscow parade on Red Square.

      The funny thing is that the people are now most proud of not the army and navy (the very only friends of Russia indicated in history), but the missile forces and strategic submarines. You can tie the number of chic wheelbarrows standing at the house, the new Vertu and the jewelry from Gucci to this list, but they have nothing to do with the army.
      1. s1н7т
        0
        3 July 2014 08: 03
        Quote: Steel Loli
        When people begin to believe that they in the army do not protect the property of oligarchs or corporate interests, but that they are dear and what they are proud of

        I completely agree with you! As long as we have a national wealth - Gazprom, and not a person, nothing will change for the better.
      2. eternal_silence
        0
        5 July 2014 15: 24
        I would not agree, lately, definitely not.
    2. eternal_silence
      0
      5 July 2014 15: 24
      scribe, there is a lard man. It is clear that they can afford it, which is immediately with us and with us. Even if they are only 2 meters long, they’ll dial one hundred and yes. Although overpopulation is only a problem.
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  6. KIRON
    0
    2 July 2014 23: 02
    The Chinese army, although it has not had a combat experience for a long time (in fact, has never taken this experience seriously), today it is even the most armed and disciplined, but even without real combat clashes, in the case of a serious skirmish they are hardly They will run. Just live robots programmed for a narrow specialization.
    1. eternal_silence
      0
      5 July 2014 15: 25
      So far they only show themselves in parades, but in training. Run only like that. They have to count the specials on their fingers.
  7. KIRON
    0
    2 July 2014 23: 07
    PLA soldiers training.
    1. s1н7т
      +1
      3 July 2014 08: 14
      Quote: KYRON
      PLA soldiers training.

      First, special forces cannot evaluate the training of the entire army, yet they are imprisoned for narrow-profile tasks;
      secondly, there were no fewer of these displays in our army (I'm talking about SA) - with drin and other rubbish, this has nothing to do with military training, believe me.
  8. +1
    3 July 2014 04: 32
    especially brings breaking drina about the back from the fifth time and breaking the bottle on the head. After breaking the bottle, our still tear the vest on the chest. Necessary things in war.
    1. s1н7т
      0
      3 July 2014 08: 19
      Quote: kondrat13
      especially brings breaking drina about the back from the fifth time and breaking the bottle on the head. After breaking the bottle, our still tear the vest on the chest. Necessary things in war.

      Yeah, ours still had to break the line with our hands under the "demobilization" - there was such a "trick". And she breaks 150 kg. withstands, I remember. laughing drinks
  9. mazhnikof.Niko
    0
    3 July 2014 09: 00
    Thanks to the article, it became clear - how much Russia needs to be corrected! And not only in the Army, but also in GAZprom as well!

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